Traveling in Europe with a Nut Allergy
Traveling in Europe can be an amazing experience for your family. If someone has a nut allergy, there are some things you need to do to make sure he or she is safe.
Health and Safety
Common Sense Ways to Prevent Lice
It’s sad, but true. Head lice outbreaks can pop up in school. Life as MOM contributor JessieLeigh Smith has some great tips on how to prevent lice from hitting your household. A new school year has begun! This means we will all soon be getting lots of things from the school– homework papers, permission slips,…
Playing a Game of Chopped for Kids
Want to give your children some practical kitchen skills and a sense of independence and accomplishment? Play a game of Chopped — for kids. The littles love the Food Network TV program, Chopped. They’ve been watching it from time to time ever since we moved back to California five years ago. Though we no longer…
Parenting a Child with Food Allergies
Food allergies are becoming more and more prevalent. Here’s a little of what I’ve learned parenting a child with food allergies. My mother-in-law was allergic to fish and nuts. In all the years I knew her she never had a reaction. She was very cautious about what she ate, but I don’t recall her going…
Fighting Dust Mites
Dust mites are a common allergen that can stuff up your nose, tire you out, and make you sneeze. Here are five easy ways to fight back. Last week my littlest one had allergy skin testing. This was a new one for us. While food allergies have been on our radar for the last three…
Prepare for an Emergency (Zone Defense)
While we can’t be fully prepared for everything that could happen, there are plenty of things that we can do to make life a little more comfortable in the case of an emergency. Over the weekend, our power went out in the middle of the night. It was a beastly hot night, and since we…
How to Make Working Out Work for You
Wondering how to work in working out? Here are some ways to help you include workout exercises into your every day. I am not an athlete. I am a book worm, a homebody, an indoorsy kind of person. I understand when my 11-year old says he’d rather be creative than do something athletic. But, I…
Simple Ways to Live Healthier
Here are simple ways to live a healthier lifestyle. One of my goals this summer is to continue down the road toward living a healthier lifestyle. I realize that there is a vast array of opinions on what that looks like. In my 41 years of life on this planet, the public understanding has changed…